Cruisers HMAS Sydney & Melbourne, Farm Cove & the funeral of a sailor, Rookwood, between 29 September 1924 and 9 February 1928 / photographer unknown

PXE 1001

fonds

between 29 September 1924 and 9 February 1928

Graphic Materials, Photographs

826056

3 photographic prints - on card - print 19.2 x 31 cm., card 30.2 x 45.5 cm.

On 29 September 1924 Melbourne ... paid off and lay at Sydney for a year before recommissioning on 8 October 1925 in preparation for a voyage to the United Kingdom. Departing Sydney on 23 November 1925, she reached Portsmouth on 30 March 1926. She returned to Australia in August.
The remainder of her active life as a unit of the Australian Squadron was spent at Port Phillip, Westernport and Sydney. On 9 February 1928 Melbourne sailed from Sydney for the United Kingdom. She arrived at Portsmouth on 12 April 1928 and paid off at that port on 23 April 1928. In December 1928 the ship was sold to Alloa Shipbuilding Co, Rosyth, Scotland, for £25,000. She was broken up in 1929.

Reference:
Royal Australian Navy website

These photographs were found in a house in Rosehill and given to the donor's parents in the early 1980's. Reference: Library correspondence file

Dated from HMAS Melbourne's time in Sydney; Melbourne looks like she may be de-commissioned which would put the date between 29 September 1924-8 October 1925